Author: Matt Lee Publisher: Northwestern University Press ISBN: 0810147165 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 154
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Fear. Disgust. Pity. The cripple evokes our basest human emotions—as does the monster. Told in lyric fragments, The Backwards Hand traces Matt Lee’s experience living in the United States for more than thirty years with a rare congenital defect. Weaving in historical research and pop culture references, Lee dissects how the disabled body has been conflated with impurity, worthlessness, and evil. His voice swirls amid those of artists, criminals, activists, and philosophers. With a particular focus on horror films, Lee juxtaposes portrayals of fictitious monsters with the real-life atrocities of the Nazi regime and the American eugenics movement. Through examining his struggles with physical and mental health, Lee confronts his own beliefs about monstrosity and searches for atonement as he awaits the birth of his son. The Backwards Hand interrogates what it means to be a cripple in a predominantly ableist society, deconstructing how perceptions of disability are—and are not—reflected in art and media.
Author: Marshall McGaw Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1468550527 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 157
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This book is a family friendly compilation of stories about a variety of hilarious characters from Maury County Tennessee. The author grew up in Mount Pleasant Tennessee on the south end of the county and learned of the exploits of several unique characters as he travelled a route called The Z. After moving away he began telling tales about these characters. The interest his listeners had in these stories fascinated him and he came to realize that other towns did not have a rich history like his hometown. Whether it is Officer Manley Workman hooking a wrecker to Fatty Isabel to haul him to jail after he refused to go or Tooterbill Odom causing a massive explosion in a slag pit at his place of employment to give the townsfolk a spectacular Fourth of July fireworks display, these stories will keep you laughing out loud. Another thing the author came to realize through the years as he started including tales about himself in these story telling sessions is that he had also contributed to the history of the town in some amusing ways. Is there another place like Mount Pleasant Tennessee? You will have to read the book to decide!
Author: Olusola Sophia Adebayo-Anyanwu Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1546288430 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 128
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This is a story about great inspiration and seemingly impossible achievement captured first in dreams and finally transported into real life. What made Vivians lofty dreams and wishful thinking of the impossible finally become real after10 years or more just dreaming ideas and wishing things? Find out!! Dear reader, please kindly review my book and visit AuthorHouse to order more stories!! Thank you and God bless you.
Author: Grant P. Wiggins Publisher: ASCD ISBN: 1416600353 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 383
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What is understanding and how does it differ from knowledge? How can we determine the big ideas worth understanding? Why is understanding an important teaching goal, and how do we know when students have attained it? How can we create a rigorous and engaging curriculum that focuses on understanding and leads to improved student performance in today's high-stakes, standards-based environment? Authors Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe answer these and many other questions in this second edition of Understanding by Design. Drawing on feedback from thousands of educators around the world who have used the UbD framework since its introduction in 1998, the authors have greatly revised and expanded their original work to guide educators across the K-16 spectrum in the design of curriculum, assessment, and instruction. With an improved UbD Template at its core, the book explains the rationale of backward design and explores in greater depth the meaning of such key ideas as essential questions and transfer tasks. Readers will learn why the familiar coverage- and activity-based approaches to curriculum design fall short, and how a focus on the six facets of understanding can enrich student learning. With an expanded array of practical strategies, tools, and examples from all subject areas, the book demonstrates how the research-based principles of Understanding by Design apply to district frameworks as well as to individual units of curriculum. Combining provocative ideas, thoughtful analysis, and tested approaches, this new edition of Understanding by Design offers teacher-designers a clear path to the creation of curriculum that ensures better learning and a more stimulating experience for students and teachers alike.
Author: Mark Frutkin Publisher: Dundurn ISBN: 1554889332 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 226
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From Istanbul to New Delhi to Boulder, Colorado, through Venice, Paris, Rome, and points between. As travellers, we are always walking backwards, forever on the verge of stepping into the unknown, never knowing what waits around the next corner. You could be lost, forget your passport, fall ill. You could be served a bowl of food and not know whether it’s animal, vegetable, or mineral. Even flushing the toilet can be an adventure. You are a child again, innocent and hoping for the best, forced to trust strangers. Quite often this works out. Not always. Walking Backwards is a return to 10 cities and what happened there. Whether inadvertently smuggling cloth into Istanbul, reading poetry in New Delhi to a crowd expecting a world-famous pianist, or wandering endlessly through Mantua searching for a non-existent hotel on a street that’s fallen off the map, Mark Frutkin is a master at rediscovering the magic at the heart of all travel.
Author: Ian Irvine Publisher: Santhenar Trust ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 418
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Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold. After every defeat, Lord Shambles comes back stronger than before, and more determined to punish humanity. Having crushed all resistance on magical Iltior, he moves the war to Earth, and so much power has been drained that the world is on the verge of collapse. Unfortunately, Earth’s weapons are useless against this enemy. Only Runcible Jones can stop him, though it’s an impossible battle – a fourteen-year-old boy against the most terrible sorcerer on two worlds.Runcible will need every bit of his courage and cunning to save Earth. But this time, someone close to him is going to die. Praise for the Series “A great book for rainy days and lazy afternoons.” John Cohen, Reading Time “A well written and exciting series.” Northern Daily Leader “A great read.” Book Bites
Author: Renee Pruitt Publisher: Dorrance Publishing ISBN: 1480945439 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 69
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The Backwards Glance By: Renee Pruitt During Amy’s regular walk with her faithful dog, Clayton, she experiences a presence at the top of a hill that she can’t quite describe. Over time this presence manifests itself more and more in her life, bringing with it a peace and love that Amy has never known, along with a deep thankfulness to God. Through it all, Amy’s friend Josh is there with her, and their relationship quickly becomes more than just a friendship. A story about both looking over your shoulder and looking back on life, The Backwards Glance will have you turning page after page to see what happens next for Amy and Josh.
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